Bhubaneswar: A 12-feet-long gharial was spotted in the Puri Canal near Basundhara apartment at Hanspal in Bhubaneswar today morning.
The crocodile is believed to have been washed away from the Mahanadi River through Mundali barrage. Officials of the Forest department have started effort to rescue the crocodile.
Crowds of people flocked to the canal to see the crocodile.
Worth mentioning, few days before a 12-feet-long crocodile was spotted in the Puri canal in the Telengapentha area in the Cuttack Nuagarh area.
Kalinga AI